African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade Beyond the Silence and the Shame

Name: African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade Beyond the Silence and the Shame
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ISBN: 9780807055137

ISBN-10: 0807055131

ISBN-13: 9780807055137

Edition: 2006

Authors: Anne Bailey

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The story of the Atlantic slave trade has largely been filtered through the records of white Europeans, but in this watershed book, Anne C. Bailey focuses on memories of the trade from the African perspective. African chiefs and other elders in an area of southeastern Ghana once famously called "the Old Slave Coast" share stories that reveal that Africans were both traders and victims of the trade. Though Africans were not equal partners with Europeans, their involvement had devastating consequences on their history and sense of identity. Like trauma victims, many African societies experience a fragmented view of their past that partially explains the silence and shame around the slave…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 1/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English




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